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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
1937.
To the Chairman and Members of the Urban District Council of
Ruislip-Northwood.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I beg to submit my first annual report since I took over from
Dr. Hignett on April 15th, 1937. This is the Thirty-third Annual
Report since the formation of the Urban District, and is in accordance
with the instructions contained in the circular of the Ministry of
Health dated 4th October, 1937. It contains a record of the work
of the Public Health Department for the year 1937.
General Characteristics of the District.
The Ruislip-Northwood Urban District Council area may be
described as follows. It is more or less rectangular about 5| miles long
with an average width of 2| miles; situated at the North-West corner
of Middlesex, abutting on the Watford Rural District, Hertfordshire
on the North, the Uxbridge Urban District, Middlesex on the West,
Harrow Urban District, Middlesex on the East. The lowest level is
about 109ft. at the South end, rising generally to 365ft. at the North
end.
The River Pinn flows from East to West through the centre of
the District.
The Urban District is now divided into four wards, namely:
1. North wood.
2. Eastcote.
3. Ruislip.
4. South Ruislip.
The number of Councillors representing these wards is twentyone—
North wood, 8.
Eastcote, 4.
Ruislip, 7.
South Ruislip, 2.
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